comparison: essence choose me-nyx sea of kortez-zoya ivanka - china glaze running in circles

danas sam slučajno našla folder sa slikama za koje sam mislila da sam ih davno objavila. pošto volim ove lakove, rešila sam da ih ipak prikažem.

u pitanju je poređenje sirena nijansi, essence choose me-nyx sea of kortez-zoya ivanka - china glaze running in circles.

today i accidentaly found a folder with pictures i thought i posted a long time ago. because i like these polishes, i decided to do them justice and show them.

basically, this is the comparison of mermaid colours, essence choose me-nyx sea of kortez-zoya ivanka - china glaze running in circles.

u svim slučajevima imam dva sloja laka i nadlak.

in all the cases, i'm wearing two layers of polish and a top coat.

comparison: purple creme (pamplona, no spain, breakthrough, violine)

ovo poređenje sam odavno napravila, ali nije stizalo na red.

bilo je dosta priče o tome koliko je  ysl violine surealiste sličan opikama pamplona purple i no spain no gain , a ubacila sam i essence breakthrough u kombinaciju jer je to jedina druga ljubičasta krema koju imam (uz ysl mauve naif, ali on ima dosta jači plavi podton). 

i've had this comparison in my folder for a while, but always forgot to post it.

there was a lot of talk about how similar is ysl violine surrealiste to opi's pamplona purple and no spain no gain, and i decided to put in essence breakthrough in the mix, since it is the only other purple creme i have (other than ysl mauve naif, but that one has much stronger blue undertone). 

opi pamplona purple - essence breakthrough - ysl violine surrealiste - opi no spain no gain

comparison: zoya storm vs deborah shine tech 18

moja prva pomisao kad samo počela da razmatram kupovinu zoya storm je da je verovatno suviše slična deborah shine tech 18, ali sam bila ubeđena da ga uzmem pošto je 18 povučen a dosta ga nosim.

my first thought when i started considering buying zoya storm is that it's probably too similar to deborah shine tech 18, but got convinced to get it since 18 is discontinued and i do wear it a lot.

 prirodna svetlost-natural light

 blic-flash

comparison: essence blue addicted vs essence cold breeze (over essie midnight cami)

u mom poslednjem postu, spomenula sam da je moja bočica essence blue addicted potrošena :( od kad sam kupila njihov nadlak cool breeze, imala sam ideju da, uz odgovarajuću baznu boju, može da se dobije sličan efekat. odlučila sam da ga namažem preko essie midnight cami, pa da vidimo rezultat.

in my last post, i mentioned that my bottle of essence blue addicted is finished :( and, ever since i got their cool breeze topper, i had an idea that, with a proper base color, it could make a similar effect. i chose to wear it over essie midnight cami, so let's see what i got.

na svim slikama, blue addicted je na kažiprstu i srednjem prstu, a kombinacija cool breeze + midnight cami na srednjem i malom.

može se primetiti da cool breeze nema sitne svetloplave šljokice, već žute slične veličine. velike šestougaone oplaescentne šljokice su iste u oba laka.


tako da, ova kombinacija nije baš identična sa blue addicted, ali se može reći da liči. naravno, prisutan je i problem očigledne razlike između šljokičavog nadlaka i šljokičavog laka na površini nokta,

prirodna svetlost:

in all the pictures, blue addicted is on the index and ring finger, and the cool breeze + midnight cami combo on the middle and little finger.

as you can see, cool breeze doesn't have the small light blue glitter, but some yellow glitter of similar size. the large hexagonal opalescence ones are the same in both polishes.

so, bottom line, it's not really a dupe to blue addicted, but it kind of looks like it. and, of course, there's always that issue that you can always see, from the surface, if it is a topper or a glittery polish.

natural light:

china glaze it's a trap-eze! + comparison with golden rose jolly jewels 115

za ovaj tematski petak se mažemo golden rose jolly jewels ili njima slične lakove. pošto sam već predstavila oba moja jj laka, 106 i 115, jedina opcija mi je china glaze it's a trap-eze!ovaj lak je deo jedne od njihovih novijih kolekcija, cirque du soleil worlds away.

for this theme friday, we are supposed to wear golden rose jolly jewels or their lookalikes. since i already presented both of my jj polishes, 106 and 115, my only option was china glaze it's a trap-eze! this polish is a part of their fairly recent cirque du soleil worlds away collection.

ok, da počnemo sa nečim što već svi znamo, a to je da su trapez i  gr jj 115 skoro pa identični: prljavo bela baza prepuna raznobojnih šljokica: zelenih, roze, belih, narandžastih, plavih.. ovo je prvi lak koji mi je privukao pažnju iz te kolekcije, i volim da ga nosim kada pada sneg.

namazala sam dva sloja preko essence peel off baze i premazala jednim  debljim slojem btgnts.

ok, let's start by stating the obvious. this polish and gr jj 115 are pretty much dupes, a dirty white base full with multicolored glitter. it was the first polish from this collection that got my attention, and i like having it on my nails in this winter time.


i wore two coats of polish over  essence peel off  base coat and sealed it with thick coat of btgnts.

comparison: rimmel hot list vs essence 73 princess prunella

pisala sam o rimmel hot list (HL) ovde i o essence princess prunella (PP) ovde. iako mi ne izgledaju kao potpuni duplikati, dovoljno su bliski da uradim poređenje.
PP izgleda kao mlađa sestra od HL. HL je nekako dublji i ima ljubičasti šimer koji mu daje draž. PP je svetliji i glavni ton mu više vuče na ljubičasto. mislim da čak i ako bih dodala još koji sloj PP, možda bi se boja približila boji HL, ali to opet ne bi bilo dovoljno da dostigne njegovu dubinu.
prirodna svetlost:

i wrote about rimmel's hot list (HL) here and about essence's princess prunella (PP) here. they didn't look quite dupey, but similar enough to match them side by side.
PP looks like HL's little sister. HL has much more depth to it, not to mention the purple shimmer. PP is lighter and the color is more purplish, and though with a few more coats it could approach the shade of HL, it probably still wouldn't have HL's richness.

natural light:

veštačka svetlost:

artificial light:

rozetna (prirodna pa veštaška svetlost):

nailwheel (natural + artificial light)

presuda:
sve u svemu, ipak mi se više sviđa HL, ali nemojte pogrešno da me razumete, i PP je divan lak!
u oba slučaja sam imala  bazu (opi start to finish) + dva sloja + top coat

verdict:
overall, i prefer HL. PP is also a cutie, don't get me wrong!
i used base (opi start to finish) + two layers of polish + top coat (essence better than gel nails top sealer BTGNTS).

comparison: opi good man-darin is hard to find vs essence wake up!

kada sam postovala o GMIHTF opi-ju ovde,  spomenula sam kako retko nosim ovakve boje i kako nisu baš česte u mojoj kolekciji. onda, kada sam namazala essence-ov WU!, opisan ovde, shvatila sam koliko su ova dva laka u stvari slična. naravno, morala sam da napravim poređenje.

i wrote about opi's GMIHTF here where i mentioned how little of these colors i own. then, when i wore essence's WU! (described here), i realized how similar the two actually are. so, naturally, i did a comparison.

leva sličica je sa blicem, druga je na prirodnom svetlu. i generalno, kao što će se videti na ostalim slikama, u prirodi je WU! za par nijansi intenzivniji i sa paradajzičasto-crvenim podtonom, dok je na veštaškom svetlu ta razlika mnogo manje primetna.
prirodna svetlost:

left image was made with flash, while the right one is on natural light. in general, as you will see in the next few pictures, in natural light WU! is brighter and has a slight tomato red undertone, while this difference is toned down in artificial light.
natural light: